X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmenu.3x;h=79613ea52b4f34ee12e444bc649e1807b39d52bd;hp=17d6fc120cbac233c1eeb9e21d6299ab3b6e9619;hb=8d3ea9021573747ecd129228ba7782a03243f62c;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606 diff --git a/man/menu.3x b/man/menu.3x index 17d6fc12..79613ea5 100644 --- a/man/menu.3x +++ b/man/menu.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -27,10 +27,18 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.19 2006/11/04 18:38:29 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: menu.3x,v 1.24 2017/11/25 20:24:22 tom Exp $ .TH menu 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' +.de bP +.ie n .IP \(bu 4 +.el .IP \(bu 2 +.. .SH NAME -\fBmenu\fR - curses extension for programming menus +\fBmenu\fR \- curses extension for programming menus .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR .br @@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ menus, display menus on the screen, and handle interaction with the user. The \fBmenu\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of these functions. To use the \fBmenu\fR library, link with the options -\fB-lmenu -lcurses\fR. +\fB\-lmenu \-lcurses\fR. . .SS Current Default Values for Item Attributes . @@ -166,28 +174,33 @@ System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR). .TP 5 .B E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND The menu driver code saw an unknown request code. -.SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed -descriptions of the entry points. .SH NOTES The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header files \fB\fR and \fB\fR. .PP In your library list, libmenu.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, -you want to say `-lmenu -lncurses', not the other way around (which would -usually give a link-error). +you should say \*(``\-lmenu \-lncurses\*('', not the other way around +(which would give a link-error when using static libraries). .SH PORTABILITY These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. +.PP +The menu facility was documented in SVr4.2 in +\fICharacter User Interface Programming (UNIX SVR4.2)\fP. +.PP +It is not part of X/Open Curses. +.PP +Aside from ncurses, there are few implementations: +.bP +systems based on SVr4 source code, e.g., Solaris. +.bP +NetBSD curses. .SH AUTHORS Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for ncurses by Eric S. Raymond. .SH SEE ALSO +\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin \*(``menu_\*('' +for detailed descriptions of the entry points. +.PP This describes \fBncurses\fR version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: